Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved over the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 5th. One storm became severe and produced a localized wind gust measured up to 60 mph at Friona (Parmer County).
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Scattered thunderstorms developed and moved over the extreme southwestern Texas Panhandle during the late evening hours of the 5th. One storm became severe and produced a localized wind gust measured up to 60 mph at Friona (Parmer County).
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lubbock, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 5, 5:21 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 621 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AT BOTH TAF SITES. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA. THUS...HAVE KEPT THE CB REMARK IN THE TAF FOR A FEW MORE HOURS. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IS VERY LOW IN TIMING AND COVERAGE. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 304 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010/ SHORT TERM... THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE PRECIPITATION CHANCES TODAY AND FRIDAY. A CURRENT SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THAT A REMNANT OUTFLOW BOUNDARY THAT DROPPED THROUGH THE AREA INTO THE PERMIAN BASIN LAST NIGHT HAS RETREATED NORTH INTO THE SOUTHERN ZONES. IN A ADDITION...A COUPLE OF OTHER WEAK BOUNDARIES WERE NOTED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE AND SOUTH PLAINS. THESE BOUNDARIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE FOCUS FOR ANY CONVECTION THAT WILL DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON. INITIALLY...BOTH THE NAM AND GFS SHOW SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...AND DRIFTING SOUTHWARD INTO THE SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS BY THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...GIVEN MULTIPLE BOUNDARIES DRAPED ACROSS THE LUB CWA...FEEL THAT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED CONVECTION COULD INITIATE IN A FEW DIFFERENT LOCATIONS...SO HAVE INCLUDED THE ENTIRE LUB CWA IN MENTIONABLE POPS...WITH THE HIGHEST VALUES FAVORING THE NORTHERN ZONES. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OBS/MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE APPRECIABLE CAPE VALUES AROUND 1000 TO 2000 J/KG ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THOUGH THE BULK WIND SHEAR IS NOT PARTICULARLY IMPRESSIVE. GIVEN THIS...AM EXPECTING ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM TO BE MOSTLY PULSE TYPE. STILL...GIVEN THESE INSTABILITY VALUES...ALONG WITH INVERTED-V SOUNDING PROFILES...LOW END SEVERE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. ALSO...WITH PWATS FORECAST TO EXCEED 1.5 INCHES AND GIVEN THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THIS CONVECTION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND MINOR FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. MOST OF THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF AFTER 06Z...BUT CERTAINLY CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW ROGUE SHOWERS AND STORMS PERSISTING LATER...SO HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE WORDING OVERNIGHT. FOR FRIDAY...A STRONG UPPER LEVEL RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE WILL SLIDE WEST AND BECOME CENTERED ACROSS WEST TEXAS/EASTERN NEW MEXICO. HOWEVER...MODELS CONTINUE TO GENERATE A CONVECTIVE SIGNAL IN PROXIMITY TO WHAT IS LEFT OF THE REMNANT BOUNDARY IN THE PANHANDLE. THE NAM-12 IN PARTICULAR IS MOST AGGRESSIVE...SHOWING CONVECTION INITIATING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PANHANDLE COUNTIES AND DROPPING THROUGH THE SOUTH PLAINS DURING THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH SUBSIDENCE FROM THE RIDGE MAY INHIBIT CONVECTION...GIVEN A WEAK BOUNDARY IN PLACE...UPSLOPE WINDS...APPRECIABLE INSTABILITY...FEEL LOW END MENTIONABLE POPS ARE WARRANTED AREAWIDE FOR AT LEAST ISOLATED SHOWER AND STORM DEVELOPMENT. OTHERWISE...GIVEN SLIGHTLY LOWER THICKNESS VALUES...HAVE OPTED TO BUMP TEMPERATURES DOWN A COUPLE OF DEGREES AREAWIDE...WITH HIGHS REACHING THE LOW TO MID 90S ON THE CAPROCK AND THE MID TO POTENTIALLY THE UPPER 90S OFF OF THE CAPROCK. LONG TERM... ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EXTENDED...WITH OCCASIONAL LOW THUNDER CHANCES. POTENTIAL CONVECTION TOMORROW MAY PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS EVEN UNDERNEATH AN UPPER HIGH CENTERED NEARBY. THE UPPER HIGH WILL PERSIST OVERHEAD INTO SATURDAY BEFORE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY AND AMPLIFYING LATE IN THE WEEKEND INTO THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK. EVEN SO...ENOUGH RESIDUAL MID-LEVEL MOISTURE TRAPPED IN THE RIDGE COMBINED WITH STRONG INSOLATION COULD BE ENOUGH TO POP ISOLATED CONVECTION LOCALLY SATURDAY AFTN...AS SUGGESTED BY MANY OF THE NWP SOLUTIONS. THUS...HAVE ADDED A LOW END THUNDER MENTION SATURDAY AFTN...BUT THINK COVERAGE WILL BE FAIRLY LOW IF IT MATERIALIZES AND HAVE ONLY RAISED POPS TO 10-12 PERCENT. MAY SEE A REPEAT ON SUNDAY...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IN CONVECTION LOCALLY IS EVEN LOWER WITH SUBSIDENCE FORECAST TO BE A LITTLE STRONGER AND NWP LESS BULLISH IN QPF GENERATION AND HAVE MAINTAINED UNMENTIONABLE POPS THROUGH THIS PERIOD ATTM. MAY ALSO HAVE TO WATCH AND SEE IF MOUNTAIN CONVECTION CAN THREATEN THE EXTREME WESTERN ZONES LATE...BUT STEERING FLOW IS PROGGED TO BE PRIMARILY OF A SOUTHERLY COMPONENT ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE UPPER RIDGE...SO IT WILL BE TOUGH TO GET ACTIVITY TO ADVANCE TOO FAR EASTWARD. BY LATE MONDAY...THE MID-LEVEL FLOW WILL BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY AS A PORTION OF A WESTERN CONUS TROUGH EJECTS INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS...WITH THE MONSOONAL FETCH OF MOISTURE BENDING ACROSS THE AREA. THIS SHOULD BRING A BETTER SHOT OF CONVECTION /ORIGINATING OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NM/ MAKING IT INTO THE CWA. HENCE...HAVE ADDED A LOW END MENTION OF THUNDER ACROSS THE WESTERN/CENTRAL ZONES LATE MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT. THE MONSOONAL PLUME WILL LIKELY REMAIN NEARBY INTO TUESDAY...BUT IT IS PROGGED TO SIGNIFICANTLY THIN/WEAKEN AND THUS PROSPECTS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF CONVECTION IS LESS CERTAIN. A PORTION OF THE UPPER RIDGE IS THEN FORECAST TO NOSE/BUILD BACK WESTWARD ACROSS WEST TEXAS INTO NM AND AZ...AND THIS WOULD FURTHER LIMIT RAIN CHANCES FOR THE SOUTH PLAINS AREA. REGARDING TEMPERATURES...HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN ABOUT 5 DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE WITH LOWS NEAR OR A COUPLE OF DEGREES ABOVE SEASONAL NORMS THROUGH THE PERIOD. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FRIONA 65 91 64 95 64 / 30 20 20 10 10 TULIA 66 93 66 96 67 / 30 20 20 10 10 PLAINVIEW 66 94 66 95 66 / 30 20 20 10 10 LEVELLAND 66 94 67 95 66 / 20 20 20 10 10 LUBBOCK 70 95 70 96 70 / 30 20 20 10 10 DENVER CITY 65 94 65 98 66 / 20 20 20 10 10 BROWNFIELD 68 95 68 98 68 / 20 20 20 10 10 CHILDRESS 72 96 71 100 74 / 20 20 20 10 10 SPUR 68 97 68 98 68 / 20 20 20 10 10 ASPERMONT 71 100 71 103 74 / 20 20 20 10 10 && .LUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 01
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 TXZ021>044-061600- PARMER-CASTRO-SWISHER-BRISCOE-HALL-CHILDRESS-BAILEY-LAMB-HALE- FLOYD-MOTLEY-COTTLE-COCHRAN-HOCKLEY-LUBBOCK-CROSBY-DICKENS-KING- YOAKUM-TERRY-LYNN-GARZA-KENT-STONEWALL- 1100 AM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE...SOUTH PLAINS AND ROLLING PLAINS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT CONVECTIVE ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. A FEW OF THE INITIAL STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. A THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY INCREASE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AS THE LIKELIHOOD OF SLOW STORM MOTIONS AND REPEATED MOVEMENT OF STORMS OVER THE SAME AREA INCREASES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH PLAINS ON FRIDAY. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HAIL UP TO ONE-INCH IN DIAMETER BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... DUE TO THE LIMITED NATURE OF ANY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TODAY...STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LUBBOCK TX 729 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 TXZ021-060115- PARMER- 729 PM CDT THU AUG 5 2010 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN PARMER COUNTY... AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FRIONA...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. JDV
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:57 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The KVII-TV Schoolnet measured a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust in Friona shortly before 19:00 CST. No damages were reported.
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